TV sports reporter Christina Chambers and her husband, Johnny Rimes, were found dead of their Alabama home on Tuesdsay, December 16, in an apparent murder-suicide.
Officers responded to a 911 call from a member of the family who discovered a person and woman unresponsive at their home on Tuesday, the Hoover Police Department in Alabama said in a statement. The couple were pronounced dead on the scene from gunshot wounds.
Chambers’ former employer, Birmingham, Alabama-based WBRC, later identified the couple as Chambers and her husband.
The police department said that a three-year-old child, the couple’s son, was found unharmed contained in the house.
Hoover police are treating the deaths as a murder-suicide, though the investigation stays within the early stages.
Chambers worked full-time at WBRC as a sports reporter from 2015 to 2021, the TV station said on Tuesday. She continued to freelance as a sideline sports reporter through the 2025 football season.
In addition to working at WBRC, Chambers taught broadcast journalism at Thompson High School in Alabaster, Alabama.
“She was certainly one of the sweetest, most loving those who I do know. She was relentless with running, loving her son, and loving life. I’m glad I got a likelihood to hug and tell her I like her every week ago on the Super 7,” her former WBRC colleague, news anchor Jeh Jeh Pruitt, told the channel. “I’m so sorry for her family, the Chambers and Thompson Families, and her WBRC Family.”
“We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Christina Chambers,” Alabaster City Schools superintendent Dr. Wayne Vickers told WBRC. “From 2021 to early 2025, Christina served as a broadcast journalism teacher in our Broadcast Academy at Thompson High School, where she quickly formed meaningful connections along with her students. Her dedication to them and to her occupation was evident in every thing she did.”
“Christina was honored because the 2024 Advisor of the Yr by the Alabama Scholastic Press Association. Under her guidance, her THS TV Broadcast Team earned the Alex House Journalism Sustainability Award in 2025,” said Vickers. “She also mentored two Alabama Journalists of the Yr, led students to a SkillsUSA State Championship in Broadcast News, and guided her program to 2 All-Alabama Overall Broadcast Awards.”
Vickers concluded, “As a beloved member of the Warrior Nation Network, Christina brought her deep knowledge and love of sports reporting to Friday nights, leaving an enduring impression on students, colleagues, and viewers alike. She was a cherished a part of the Warrior family, and we extend our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to all who’re grieving this profound loss.”
In line with WBRC, Chambers most recently worked in the company communications department of medical health insurance company Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
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“We’re deeply saddened by this horrific tragedy, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to Christina’s family during this extremely difficult time,” said Sophie Martin, the corporate’s director of corporate communications and community relations. “She was a cherished colleague whose warmth and loving personality touched everyone she worked with. Christina was a source of joy and inspiration to our team and company – she might be greatly missed.”
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